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Rajasthan HC Takes Suo Motu Note of The Wire's Prison Report, Orders 'Overhaul' of Prison Manual The order has reproduced several findings published by The Wire in a report on institutionalised casteism in prisons, and has termed them as “striking”. The Rajasthan high court's Jodhpur bench. Photo: Rajasthan high court The Wire, the Jodhpur bench of the Rajasthan high court has directed the state government to undertake steps to ensure the complete overhaul of the state prison manual. The Wire, on December 10, published a detailed investigative piece on the caste practices prevalent...

From Segregation to Labour, Manu’s Caste Law Governs the Indian Prison System In several states, prison manuals still dictate that labour within the prison should be assigned on the basis of caste. Illustration: Pariplab Chakraborty Rights10/Dec/2020 This article, part of the series ‘Barred–The Prisons Project’, is produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. New Delhi/Mumbai/Bangalore: On his first day at the Alwar district prison, Ajay Kumar* was gearing up for the worst. Torture, stale food, biting cold and harsh labour – Bollywood had already ac...